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and preventing tlic bedding stains so common 

 when damp straw is used. Only the wet por- 

 tions need be removed. It is an excellent 

 deodorizer. 



Cleanliness : 



The system advocated some years ago in 

 the cavalry of placing clean straw over dani]) 

 and soiled straw, layer upon layer, until a 

 thick cake is formed, should never be adopted. 

 Under this system the horses' feet and con- 

 stitutions suffer, saddlery, logs, etc., get lost, 

 and the stable, which ought to be clean and 

 sweet smelling, is converted into a series of 

 dunghills. 



